So, we have been in Canada for the last 6 weeks. We've been packing, Paul's been working a lot, we had visitors (YAY LUKE AND RISA, and babies!) and a sick baby (Eva this time....it took us a week of 105 F fever to figure out she had a UTI....that story to come). Also, we had to travel down to North Bay (4 hours south) do officially sign Paul's military release; an Immigration requirement. After this, we sent in all the ADDITIONAL paperwork that was required AFTER Paul's Montreal interview in March. So, we have been busy little bees! Dr. Maugans sent us back to Canada 6 weeks ago with good news. He said he wouldn't have to see us for 6 weeks, and that we could even postpone our visit if we needed to. We were told by immigration that once we sent in Paul's extra paperwork, that it would only take 4 weeks for it to be returned to us ( We sent in his passport, in order for the visa to be inserted). Well, week 5 rolled around, we only had a couple days till Claire's next appointment, and still NO VISA. I made the call to our Neurosurgeon's office , where i talked to our favorite nurse. She has been scheduling all of our appointments, and I inquired about postponing our visit by 1 to 2 weeks. She seemed a little nervous and asked if we could measure her head. We did, I measured 46 1/2 cm. Paul came home later and measured about the same. We even moved the measuring tape around, trying to see if we could get it any smaller. The smallest we could get was 46cm. The nurse was very concerned because her head was 2 to 2 1/2cm larger than it was 5 weeks ago. We talked about possibly getting a CT scan done at the local hospital, but Claire was only covered by our insurance if there was an emergency. The doctor declared this an emergency. After talking to the insurance company, they said that we would have to pay out of pocket and would later be reimbursed, and there was no in network hospitals in the area. That made me nervous, since we could possibly be out $1000 bucks. It just so happened that Patrick, my brother-in-law, was traveling towards Toronto that weekend. We instead made plans for Paul to stay back and wait for his passport to come in, while the girls and I drove to Toronto with Patrick on Friday. (9 hrs, and only one stop! The girls with WONDERFULLY!) We dropped Patrick of at a rental car place, and then stayed the night with WONDERFUL friends there. The next morning we left at 7am. This time we only had 4 1/2 hours....which ended up taken us and extra hour....with our 2 stops. The border was surprisingly easy. Eva actually gave the guard some weird look, and made him laugh...so that lightened things up! We stayed with Kathryn in Steubenville, OH Saturday night and then traveled to Kentucky after mass and brunch on Sunday (4 1/2hrs). The girls slept almost the whole way, except for one stop. WE MADE IT!! I'm so blessed to have cooperative girls, and really got the hang of contorting my body, while driving, in order to hold Claire's hand and pacifier! Life is surely an adventure!
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